SURPRISE!!!!

A while before Derick’s Birthday, he and I were talking and he was telling me how birthdays are, “Just another day, and not very fun anymore.”  Well I was up for the challenge of Derick having a birthday to remember.  So I messaged one of Derick’s good friends, Brooke, and asked her if she would get me a list of people who Derick would want at his party.  So I invited them all through Facebook privately so that Derick  wouldn’t see.  There were a few hiccups along the way because of play practice and a concert that most of them were in that night.  But we were able to get him to the party without him even having a clue.  Thank goodness that he had practice all the time for the play.  I was able to make vinyl mustache’s,  cupcakes, a photo booth and props and a Mustache guessing game all without him knowing what I was doing.

This is the invitation that I sent out to everyone via the internet.

Homecoming Dance

Derick asked Brooke to homecoming by wrapping a big candy bar with paper and a Willy Wonka label on it.  Inside the wrapper was a Golden Ticket.  Derick wrote on it asking her to the dance.  He then had Willy Wonka  give her the bar and Mike TeaVee  gave her a kiss on the cheek saying, “that was from Derick”.  Brooke then answered him back with this:

Brooke is Golda with Derick as Tevye, in the upcoming play “Fiddler on the roof”.

They started their day off with a day date of “Chopped”.  Each team drew a number and that was the bag that they got. 

Bag 1:

Ground Beef

Ranch Dressing mix

Dinner Rolls

Bag 2:

Marinara Sauce

Can of Biscuits

String Cheese

Bag 3:

Wonton wraps

Cream Cheese

Raspberry Pie filling

Then they all went to the store with a $10.00 budget to get anything else they wanted for their items.

Surprisingly, they all did excellent.  I got to taste test everthing.

Derick had a great time on the date.  The only thing he would have changed was that there were more slow songs played.

More WW

Willy Wonka the Musical

In July, Derick, as one of his Sterling Scholar projects took on the task of directing a children’s theater.  So he picked a play, held auditions, selected parts and then directed almost 50 kids from 8-14 years old.  I was a lot of work and he put in hours upon hours directing and making sets, with the help of a few other students and his Family of course.  Then on September  14 & 15 the cast performed it for the community.  It was awesome!!!!  To everyone’s surprise, there was a packed auditorium.  He will be donating what he earned minus expenses to the Schools Drama and Music department.

Football Season!

Tyler has been playing on the Delta Highschool Freshman team.  He plays both D-end and Center.  He does a great job too!  Unfortunately most of the schools that they have played don’t have a Freshman  team so they end up playing their Juniors and Sophomores.   They really have a good team and do a good job.  So far they have won 1.  But win or loose, I love being able to be there for each and every one of his games.  Rain or shine.  He started the season out as 66 now he is 89. 

 

Here is a link of him play center against Richfield.

http://youtu.be/KL9D67elvZA

The blessings of the Temple

In July, we had the privilege of doing my Grandma’s temple work.  Kaitlin was able to be baptized for her by my Dad and then Lori, Brett, Andrea and I were able to do her other temple ordinances ending with sealing her to my Grandpa and Grandma BB.  What a wonderful day.

Church History Trip

I’ve been putting of posting these pictures until I had the whole trip done but I haven’t had the time to get the others done.  So I will share the couple that I do have done.

 

To start of with, my wonderful parents took all of us kids and our children on a church history trip to Missouri and Illinois areas.  We drove out in three cars and met Kirk, Sean, Brett, Andrea and Jaron in Missouri.  We had a good time driving out there with the kids despite a horrible dust storm just before  we got to Colorado.

I may fix the order later to be accurate, but this is a layout that I did of our visit to Adam-Ondi-Ahman.  What a beautiful/sacred place.  I really loved the feeling that I felt there as we walked around.

Firsts

We watched our first Lacrosse game.  Kira and her team did great!

The Delta Rabbit Rumble had trucks in their derby for the first time and they were AWESOME!!!

Tyler will be attending High School, which is a first for him.

“Busy”ness!

Jazz Game and the Sinks

Derick’s choir group had the privilege of singing the National Anthem at the Jazz vs. Suns game.  What a neat experience for them.  Plus it was a great game to watch.

The “Sinks” is a body of water near Leamington.  We drove out there the other day to see how much water is there.  Plus Derick is scoping it out for a date.

Millard Invitational

Austin’s Baptism

We got to go down to Las Vegas over Easter weekend to see Austin become the newest member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter- Day Saints.

Track Season Has Begun

We love track season!  The weather is warmer and we get to spend time outdoors.  Derick is throwing the shotput, and his favorite, the Discus.  He has been throwing around 130 during practices.  He tends to get really nervous during meet though which can be super frustrating to him.  Just one of those things that he has to figure out.  He did take first this past week at the Millard Invitational.

Tyler's First Soccer Game EVER!

Tyler decided that he wanted to try soccer this year.  So this is his first game.  He did a great time for the first time I thought.  I was a little worried because when I watched him at practice, he kept catching the ball.  By the end of the game his knees were super sore but I think that will get better with time.   There are only two teams so they will be playing the same team all season.  It will be interesting to see how they improve with each game as they learn how the other team plays.  His team consists of both girls and boys that he goes to school with.   I'm excited to see more games.